Jon Lindstrom
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Jon Lindstrom, known for his role as Dr. Kevin Collins on ABC's 'Port Charles,' joins Mark Snyder for an interview. They discuss current storylines on the show, including a child custody plot.
Jon Lindstrom
Dr. Kevin Collins on ABC's "Port Charles"
About Jon Lindstrom
Jon Robert Lindstrom is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and musician born October 18, 1957, in Medford, Oregon. He is best known for playing dual roles on ABC's General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles: the villainous Dr. Ryan Chamberlain and the heroic Dr. Kevin Collins. Lindstrom has received multiple Daytime Emmy nominations and won a Soap Opera Digest Award in 2000. He is also a drummer with the band The High Lonesome and published his debut novel, Hollywood Hustle, in 2024.
In this interview
- Discusses child custody storyline involving baby Christina on Port Charles.
- Mentions his album with Spark Records, a small Los Angeles label that folded.
- Compares feature film work to daytime television, preferring TV's faster pace.
- Notes he gets bored easily and dislikes sitting in trailers all day.
“Daytime TV you can come out and pretty much do all of your work in one big long shot and then you're done.”— Jon Lindstrom, in this interview
Since this interview
Lindstrom continued on General Hospital, with his Ryan Chamberlain character resurrected in 2018 after a 23-year absence. He earned three Daytime Emmy nominations between 2019 and 2023. In 2024, he published his debut novel Hollywood Hustle, which became a USA Today bestseller. He separated from spouse Cady McClain in 2024 after ten years of marriage.
